Using ChatGPT with lite.computer

ChatGPT is OpenAI's assistant for everyday questions and longer jobs. A toggle above the message box switches between Chat and Work, an agent mode that stays with a task and produces finished documents, sheets and web pages. It suits anyone who wants a report, a plan or a dashboard without writing code.

It runs in a browser, on your phone and as a desktop app for the Mac. The desktop app opens and changes files on your Mac, which is how pages get into a Showspace.

Made byOpenAI

Runs onThe ChatGPT desktop app for Mac, plus the web and phone

Where pages goInto a folder you attach to a local project in the desktop app

App commandsYes, through MCP servers in the desktop app's settings

Also calledChatGPT Work, ChatGPT for Mac

Set it up

In the ChatGPT desktop app, create a local project and attach your Showspace folder. Switch to Work and choose Work locally when offered.
In lite.computer, click the account button at the bottom of the sidebar (it reads Free trial until you buy), choose Agent Helper, and copy the Setup prompt. Paste it into ChatGPT. It remembers where your Showspace is and tries to connect to lite.computer, then tells you whether the connection works now or only from your next conversation. It asks before each step and tells you when it needs your help. If you would rather ChatGPT check first, ask it to read lite.computer/setup instead.
Keep lite.computer open on your Showspace. Start a new ChatGPT session in the project and ask Use the lite.computer tool to list every page in my Showspace. It lists the pages in your folder.

Try this prompt

Once setup is done, put the sales spreadsheet you want to use in your Showspace folder, then paste this.

Here is a starter prompt. How well it works depends on how your AI is set up, so adjust it to fit yours.

Paste into ChatGPT

Turn the sales spreadsheet in this project into an interactive dashboard: filters for region and month, a sortable table of top customers, charts that animate in and update when a filter changes, and a generated cover image at the top. Save it as a single self-contained HTML file in my Showspace, then open it in lite.computer.

Good to know

We use ChatGPT with lite.computer ourselves.
Files ChatGPT makes on the web are kept in its Library. Download them from there into your Showspace and they appear in lite.computer.
For coding work in the same desktop app, see Codex, which shares the app's settings.
ChatGPT creates images, and it is the tool we use to make every image on www.lite.computer. Ask for photos or illustrations in a report, and ChatGPT builds them into the page.

Questions

Does ChatGPT work with lite.computer?

Yes. In the ChatGPT desktop app, attach your Showspace to a local project and the pages it saves show up in lite.computer. Once it is connected to the app, it can open pages and arrange windows there as well.

What is ChatGPT Work?

Work is an agent mode in ChatGPT, next to Chat. It gathers information across your apps and files and produces finished pages, documents and sheets. In the desktop app it works in the folders you attach, including your Showspace.

Choosing between agents? See Which AI works with lite.computer.

Last checked September 14, 2026.